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Amy Smith

Articles by Amy Smith

Truly, I must admit, a lot of this comes from personal experience. See, a handful of years ago now, I was eagerly expecting my first baby, on a seriously tight budget. But it felt like the right time,...

Well, there came a time in the Friends’ lives when their jobs weren’t such jokes, they weren’t quite so broke, and their love lives weren’t necessarily DOA. And that, my friends and readers, is when t...

Now, having been confined to the four walls of a very small abode for much of the last five days, it’s not easy to think of much else other than the negative — those behaviors in babies and young chil...

Remember that time one of the most famous celebs of the moment named her kid after a fruit? Yes, Apple was quite a (ahem…) pick back in 2004, and with Gwyneth Paltrow’s daughter now 14 years old, the ...

It all started with a stroll down the street to the poshest baby boutique in town, which also sold high-end maternity wear. The window displays were filled with tempting toys for tots, the most loveab...

A brand new person has (or is soon to) arrive. Keeping them healthy will be a big part of a new parent’s job, starting with, well, pregnancy actually. And that endeavor will continue on, from the newb...

Perhaps she’s the sweetie-pie in class at preschool. Maybe a mom called the name out to a little love running around at the park the other day. But whoever it was, it was simply adorable to hear a cut...

Maybe a lot of it comes from just not quite knowing what it will be like to be a mom — as in a real, live mom, as opposed to those ones wearing carefully curated outfits with matching diaper bags seen...

It seems like yesterday, to be a bit cliché (but honest), that she was born. Life has changed, work has changed, and somehow now, she’s a preschooler greeted excitedly by her bestie at drop-off in the...

What once was all the rage becomes soooo last year. The chicest trends, in retrospect, can become the stuff of comedy. And the best part? There’s absolutely no good reason in the world that parents ne...

It didn’t go incredibly smoothly, to be honest. The transition took patience — a lot of it, actually. And although it really did seem necessary, it’s hard to say if she was really and truly 100 percen...

These names were amongst the 100 most popular names for baby boys (so far) in 2018, as of just last month. They were the names that were trending big-time, chosen by parents for their current and lova...

Before it’s assumed that this will be all about starting to skip set nap times and letting second siblings nom brownies for breakfast, understand that not all moms loosen up and let go once baby numbe...

Transitioning the baby onto solids is an aspect of parenthood that is actually quite challenging, maybe even frustrating at times. All of the sudden, that 6-month birthday is quickly approaching and t...

So much thought went into pregnancy, how labor would start, how it would go… Sure, there were dreams and a bit of research about nursing, but it was one of those things that would need to be actually ...

As parents and those dreaming of being moms and dads someday --perhaps very soon-- scour the A to Z list of names, the realization also comes that the task isn't as simple as it might seem to the luck...